1171
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1171 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1171 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1171 MCLXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1924 |
| Armenian calendar | 620 ԹՎ ՈԻ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5921 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1092–1093 |
| Bengali calendar | 578 |
| Berber calendar | 2121 |
| English Regnal year | 17 Hen. 2 – 18 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1715 |
| Burmese calendar | 533 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6679–6680 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3868 or 3661 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3869 or 3662 |
| Coptic calendar | 887–888 |
| Discordian calendar | 2337 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1163–1164 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4931–4932 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1227–1228 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1092–1093 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4271–4272 |
| Holocene calendar | 11171 |
| Igbo calendar | 171–172 |
| Iranian calendar | 549–550 |
| Islamic calendar | 566–567 |
| Japanese calendar | Kaō 3 / Jōan 1 (承安元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1078–1079 |
| Julian calendar | 1171 MCLXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3504 |
| Minguo calendar | 741 before ROC 民前741年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −297 |
| Seleucid era | 1482/1483 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1713–1714 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1297 or 916 or 144 — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1298 or 917 or 145 |
Events
- Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate, restoring Sunni rule in Egypt.
- Manuel I Comnenus orders all the Venetians in the Byzantine Empire to be arrested and their property confiscated.
- Rhys ap Gruffydd agrees to negotiate with Henry II of England.
- Construction of the Cathedral of Saint Sabino in Bari is completed.
- Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja begins his sole reign.
- Alfonso II of Aragon conquers Caspe and Teruel.
- Henry II of England, with the aid of the ousted King of the Irish province of Leinster, Diarmait MacMurrough, sponsors the Norman invasion of Ireland, sparking eight centuries of conflict and war between Ireland and England.
Births
- August 15—King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
- Agnes of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. after 1207)
Deaths
- January 1—Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (b. 1110)
- February 20—Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
- August 8 – Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. 1111)
- November 8—Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)
- date unknown
- Gleb of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Yesügei, father of Genghis Khan